Courtney Sale Ross and Her Passion For Education Reform. Ross Global Academy

For almost twenty years, Courtney Sale Ross has dedicated her time to improving the education system, and she has made great strides towards accomplishing her goals. Ross is well-known in the education arena, as she began the Ross School, opened Ross Global Academy in New York City in 2006, and also operates the Ross Institute for Advanced Study and Innovation in Education, along with the Ross Institute Teacher Academy.

A Different Kind of School

Ross is passionate about educational reform, especially in terms of including globalization as a prime education topic in school. She formed the Ross School in 1991 with her late husband, Steven Ross. Steven Ross was also the co-chairman of TimeWarner, Inc. when they founded this innovative school designed to launch students into the 21st century. The Ross School was developed around a group of international scholars specializing in subjects of math, psychology, engineering, cultural history, literature, economics, anthropology and even neuroscience to name a few.

The idea behind the Ross School is to educate children from preschool through 12th grade, and they currently have 562 students enrolled. The Ross School combines educational research with teaching so that students learn to research answers for themselves in an effort to deepen the educational experience. After the success of the Ross School, she worked closely with New York University's Steinhardt School and Education, as well as with New York City's Board of Education to establish a public charter school Ross Global Academy.

Ross is committed to opening the lines of communication between private and public sectors so she goes beyond traditional boundaries to support her efforts and schools. Ross solicits and gets government grants, as well as corporate and private foundation grants, to ensure her schools have the necessary funding to succeed.